Well what can be said of this movie? This 1970 film, released by Tigon British Film Productions, directed by Piers Haggard and written by Robert Wynne-Simmons, is a classic of the sub-genre of folk horror. What is folk horror I hear you ask? Well it was short lived genre in which the stories took their themes from folklore and paganism. Other movies from this period that fall into the folk horror category are ‘Witchfinder General’ and ‘The Wicker Man’.